Search

Search results

Displaying 51 - 60

Billy Bowlegs Biography

Billy Bowlegs Holata MiccoSeminole leaderBorn: c. 1810Birthplace: Florida Holata Micco, commonly called Billy Bowlegs, and known as the “Alligator chief,” was a Seminole leader who fought in…

Billy Mills Biography

Billy MillsOlympianBorn: June 30, 1938Birthplace: Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Pine Ridge, South Dakota In 1964 Billy Mills stunned spectators in one of the greatest upsets in Olympic…

Billy Bragg & Wilco

Mermaid Avenue Vol. IIElektra When Billy Bragg and Wilco first released their sometimes traditional, sometimes radical renditions of previously unheard Woody Guthrie lyrics on 1998's Mermaid…

Billy Bragg and Wilco

Mermaid AvenueElektra Thirty-one years after Woody Guthrie's death, rabble-rousing English folk poet Billy Bragg and American roots rockers Wilco collaborated to make some of his previously…

Brewer's: Billy Barlow

A street droll, a merry Andrew; so called from a half-idiot of the name, who fancied himself “some great personage.” He was well known in the East of London, and died in Whitechapel…

Brewer's: Blue Billy

(A). A blue neckcloth with white spots, worn by William Mace. More likely the allusion is to the bill or nose. (See Billy .) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Billie Holiday Biography

Billie Holiday(Eleanora Fagan)jazz singerBorn: 4/7/1915Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland Jazz singer known for her emotion-laden vocal performances. She performed with Benny Goodman, Duke…

Billy Wilder Biography

Billy Wilderdirector, writer, producerBorn: 6/22/1906Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Academy Award-winning director, writer, and producer known for dark film noir and social comedy with a biting edge.…

Billy Corgan Biography

Billy Corgan musicianBorn: 3/17/1967Birthplace: Elk Grove, Illinois Lead singer of the rock band Smashing Pumpkins, which rose to popularity during the heyday of the grunge era. After playing with a…

Billy Crystal Biography

Billy Crystalactor, comedian, writerBorn: 3/14/1947Birthplace: Long Beach, New York Versatile comedic performer who has enjoyed such hits as the angst-ridden slapstick movie City Slickers (1991) and…